Dullahan's Midnight Ride by Shannen B. Metcalf

Dullahan's Midnight Ride

Knitting
October 2018
Sable Enablers Workhorse sock
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
32 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette
US 1 - 2.25 mm
400 - 500 yards (366 - 457 m)
64,72,80 stitches
English
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I love the Movie and the TV series Sleepy Hollow. In looking for a name for this sock I came across this on Wikipedia:

The Dullahan (/ˈduːləˌhɑːn/) is depicted as a headless rider, usually on a black horse, who carries their own head under one arm. Usually, the Dullahan is male, but there are some female versions. The mouth is usually in a hideous grin that touches both sides of the head. Its eyes are constantly moving about and can see across the countryside even during the darkest nights. The flesh of the head is said to have the color and consistency of moldy cheese. The Dullahan is believed to use the spine of a human corpse for a whip, and its wagon is adorned with funeral objects: it has candles in skulls to light the way, the spokes of the wheels are made from thigh bones, and the wagon’s covering is made from a worm-chewed pall or dried human skin. The ancient Irish believed that where the Dullahan stops riding, a person is due to die. The Dullahan calls out the person’s name, at which point the person immediately drops dead.1

I think it is perfectly scary! This sock is knit from the toe up with color work on foot and leg. I encourage you to explore the Ladderback Jacquard method for color work knitting with long floats. Sockmatician has a video on YouTube and if you are on Ravelry, LadyJhia has an amazing photo tutorial here: https://www.ravelry.com/groups/chubby-chic-knits/pages/Ja....